Jindal uses taxpayer money for a helicopter to shuttle him to church.
Jindal uses taxpayer money for a helicopter to shuttle him to church.
A report by The Advocate in Louisiana finds that state taxpayers have been paying for Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) to go to church…in a helicopter:
In May, June and July, there was rarely a Sunday when the governor didn’t board a taxpayer-funded helicopter to attend church services in far-flung parts of the state. He traveled by helicopter to churches less frequently in March and April. Over five months, Jindal took more than three dozen helicopter trips. Fourteen were to attend church services, according to state records. [...]
At least two aides usually accompanied him along with his security detail and State Police pilots. The public pays their salaries as well as the fuel and upkeep for the helicopter.
The helicopter that the governor uses the most costs $1,200 an hour to operate — about $45,000 for five months of church visits.
Last week, Jindal said that he “visits a church when he receives an invitation” and often “schedules meetings with local officials” afterward.
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Well…isn’t that SPECIAL??
September 1st, 2009 at 10:43 amAs if his awkwardness and phoniness weren’t enough already , this d-bag adds this ……….
September 1st, 2009 at 10:44 amWell come on now he had to do those there exoticisms to all those poor out of touch people.
Shaking my head >>>> even if i believe that he did business after wards theres that church and state thing.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:47 amWhere are those damned angels to fly you around when you really need them?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:47 amwhy not just pray for a magic carpet?
holy rollers are so silly
September 1st, 2009 at 10:47 amBut but but it was for emergency exorcisms and Brady re-runs.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:49 amBobby the Helicopter says:
September 1st, 2009 at 10:50 am“Gee, willikers Mr Governor, I didn’t know the people are supposed to pay for you to go to church. I wonder if your buddy Mr. Sanford, over in South Carolina, can use that same cover story? Oh you GOPpers are so CHRISTIANISH, Christ would be so proud of you stealing from those Non-secular “citizens to forward your Christly agenda”
Oh, and Bernanke needs his heelokopter back — hes got some equities drops to make.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:51 amBad use of quotes, I apologize. And should be Secular not Non-secular.
[Hangs head in christly-like shame.]
September 1st, 2009 at 10:52 amNo wait he did not use state funds>>>>>>>> oh no >>>>>>>> he more conservative for that….. he would not screw his state.
so he used that worthless stimulus money.
ya ya thats the ticket
September 1st, 2009 at 10:52 amHypocrisy, thy name is Republican
September 1st, 2009 at 10:56 amAh, what fiscal responsibility! It should be relatively simple to discover whether or not the gov can pass this off as state-related business. Give us a list of all those state officials he supposedly met with after church. And NOT for brunch!
September 1st, 2009 at 11:00 amWhen most charitable organizations ‘invite’ a guest they usually have to pay the invitee’s way plus room and board. Would Jindal attend a non-secular fundraiser* – other than one to raise funds for his own campaign – on the tax-payer dime? (* Admit it, that’s why he’s invited to the churches, to increase donations.)
September 1st, 2009 at 11:00 amIs Bobbayh like the president of the Dumas Republiklan gubbernors asssoshiashun?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:00 amI suppose that riding on the back of a donkey to proselytize takes too long these days…
September 1st, 2009 at 11:00 amWay to save money, you know because car trips cost millions of dollars.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:01 amA welfare queen with a helicopter. Wow!
I can’t find a right to helicopters in The Constitution or Duh Bible.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:01 amI worry that Jindal has secretly adorned a Dubberyah flight suit and flown overhead…
Kreepy
September 1st, 2009 at 11:02 amProbably coming out of the stimulus money he pretended to refuse!
September 1st, 2009 at 11:03 amLibertyLover @#15
The palm fronds just cost too damn much this time of year.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:03 amAsking local officials to show up at their offices on a Sunday just so he can attempt to legally justify the travel expense is pretty messed up.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:05 amTake from Caesar what is Caesar’s and from God what is God’s.
Giving? That’s for the little people.
/snark off
September 1st, 2009 at 11:05 amIt is up to the Dems to point out the inconsistencies between what Jindal says and does. I would hope his challenger will beat Jindal over the head with his hypocrisy, just like the candidate in Virginia. Dems should not let these things go by; they need to make Republicans pay the price.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:05 amIf you are a car-carrying conservative how can you call yourself a fiscal conservative without being a complete hypocrite? It was a democrat who balanced the budget, Clinton, and it was Republican Presidents, Reagan and Bush, who ushered in the modern era of deficit spending. Now Jindal is spending tax payer money like this? Really?
NO REPUBLICAN HAS THE RIGHT TO CALL THEMSELVES A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:06 amLuke 12:1
September 1st, 2009 at 11:12 amJesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Mebbe it’ll crash?
Well a fella can dream, can’t he?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:12 am“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees,
Richard Cheese
September 1st, 2009 at 11:14 amI doesn’t surprise me, but MAN – their hypocrisy knows no bounds!
September 1st, 2009 at 11:28 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Couldn’t just go to a golf resort or hedonist beach like a normal corrupt politician on taxpayer dime. He’s got to go to all those separate churches from the state, even more egregious.
That would make an easy list of churches to pull tax-exempt status from. Tax-exemption doesn’t keep church from not being political, anyway. Much like ‘free markets regulate themselves’, the reality is that churches are very political and they also benefit from the things everyone else pays taxes for.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:30 amMr. Rodgers goes Cajun…
September 1st, 2009 at 11:34 amFrom the article: The Rev. Gil Arthur of East Leesville Baptist Church, where Jindal has spoken, said the governor’s Indian heritage makes people uncertain about what he stands for and who he is.
SO, they need to seem him in the flesh to be sure he doesn’t have cloven hooves for feet? Or do they not have televions, radios, newspapers or the internet to find out “waht he stands for” and “who he is”?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:37 amThe sad thing is that this particular abuse of power and public goods will probably increase his popularity with his supporters. I mean, it IS church.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:38 amI am sure he will just pay it all back and then all is forgiven. Wish that worked for me – I could just rob a bank, and if I get caught, I will pay it back. Then I could try again later. What fun!!
September 1st, 2009 at 11:38 amBobby has the voice of a…well, Bobby.
He sounds like a 4th grader just about to reach puberty.
He’ll never be a great orator.
Or Governor.
Or Senator.
Or…
September 1st, 2009 at 11:39 amYou would rather this man die because you disagree with him politically? Is this how progressives think?
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/31/az-pastor-brain-cancer/
Is this how Conservatives think, Athena?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:44 amTime for something new to spring from Zeus’s forehead, I think.
Athena says:
Is this how progressives think?
_________
Gee… generalize much?
Can we assume you’re equally disdainful of Pastor Anderson using his bully pulpit to pray for Obama’s death?
Tres Christianist of him, no?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:47 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Nice perk.
Going around sucking up to church-goers for their votes at taxpayer expense.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:48 amYou would rather this man die because you disagree with him politically? Is this how progressives think?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:29 am
I never said i wished him dead, like a certain Arizona Man-of-the-cloth i could name.
Nossir!
I just hope it’ll crash. What happens after that is in the hands of his “lord.”
September 1st, 2009 at 11:50 amAthena says:
belaccifer lacca says:
Is this how Conservatives think, Athena?
Time for something new to spring from Zeus’s forehead, I think.
You are defending the statements coming from tokin librul?
Nope. Just asking if you were perhaps over-generalizing… I think you knew you were.
Do you approve of Jindal’s helicopter?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:50 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
But, but, but Obama uses AF-1 and Marine-1! Waaaaah! Waaaaaah!!
September 1st, 2009 at 11:55 am*That’s my teabagging impression for the day.*
Mr. P had a sex change and came back as Athena. Still can’t get laid.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:55 amIn his defense, he isn’t flying to “His” church. He is going to see his constituents. It is the same as if he was flying to a different part of the state and having Lunch at a soup kitchen. After spending time there and then going to see local businessmen/politicians.
The headline would be “Jindal, spends tax payer money to have free lunch”
September 1st, 2009 at 11:57 amIf this expense is part of his budget as governor then I have no problem with it.
Did you have an issue with President taking his wife on a date in New York at the taxpayers expense?
No.
I believe Obama works hard and deserves a date with his wife every once and a while…
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/01/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4728085.shtml
As long as Obama spends less than 2.5 of his 8 years in office on vacation I reckon we’ll have got a bargain.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:59 amImagine no religion
September 1st, 2009 at 11:59 amTundra, could you show us the separation of soup kitchen and state section of the Constitution?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:00 pmHe paid for the date not the taxpayers. I never heard Republicans complaining when Bush flew everybody to Crawford every month so he could cut brush. You people have gotten a lot pickier about expenses since the black man is president.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:00 pmObviously you traitors no longer care about the security of the man you love to hate.
Obviously since he’s a Hindu.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pmHe’s an egomaniacal fop who would use any handy excuse to “go for a fly”, yet run his mawkish mouth in public about his mythical “fiscal conservatism”, and wag his bony finger while he chides someone else for doing something else.
Garden variety, off-the-rack, double-knit GOP hypocrite and liar.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:02 pmI thought he was a Catholic
There are PLENTY of Catholic Churches in Baton Rouge
Why does he need a helicopter to go to church?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:03 pmDepending on how hard a public servant works quantifies his use of taxpayer funds for non-state business? How do you determine the level of hard work?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:08 pmTundra, could you show us the separation of soup kitchen and state section of the Constitution?
They are a group like every other group. If he was flying to see Sally Struthers it would be the same thing YMCA same thing. National Association of Wiccans. Morman’s or the Amish. Either you are saying that they can’t go to any “groups” that have a religious conotation in them at all (scientologists) Or it is just groups that you agree with. Pastors have historically been flown to the White House under every president on our dime. Our presidents have attended Billy Grahams sermons since long before I can remember.
If you are against those as well, then I see your point, heck I’ll agree with you and then say yes ANY politician doing anything with anyone that has any religious conotation to it has to stop or pay for it themself.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:09 pmDamn, Tundra, that’s a lot of words to use when you could have just said “no, I can’t”
September 1st, 2009 at 12:09 pmThis seems to be typical of repubs in the government.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pmDepending on how hard a public servant works quantifies his use of taxpayer funds for non-state business? How do you determine the level of hard work?
First- please show that the Obama date night was at ‘taxpayer’ expense… do you mean the security detail? The flight? what?
Second- Obama’s personal life should not end just because he’s the President… he is a public servant not a monk, sorry.
Third- grow up. The issue is the hypocrisy. Do you think that W. earned those 2.6 years of vacation he took as President?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:11 pmAthena says:
Don’t you guys just work backwards from net worth, and declare that whomever has the most money worked the hardest?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:16 pmObama dates and vacations would be just fine, if they at least had the decency to pretend to be Cowboys while on them.
Right, righties??
September 1st, 2009 at 12:21 pmhttp://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=87
This was ‘Air Force One’ for the New York date night, Athena… which means that Obama took the smallest plane the military would allow him, probably.
And they got dinner and saw an August Wilson show… are you really concerned at Obama’s profligate ways?
Or are your being a pest…
Also- Obama’s date was one night in May…
September 1st, 2009 at 12:25 pmJindal? In May, June and July, there was rarely a Sunday when the governor didn’t board a taxpayer-funded helicopter to attend church services in far-flung parts of the state.
Well now the churches in the 9th Ward can just invite him and he’ll come to help.
Right?
The Parishes that are still devastated? FEMA trailer Bible studies?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:30 pmObviously since he’s a Hindu.
Jingle-Bobby is NOT a Hindu. He’s some kind of evangelistic christo-shitwhistle. A baptist? catholic? some shitty death-cult, anyway…
September 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pmTommy,
Your right: Lets get behind getting paid back for some of those inaugration activities.
African-American Church Inaugural Ball at the Grand Hyatt Washington
How much did we pay for that whole Lincoln bible thing? seperation of church and state and a bible is clearly as close as it gets.
I’m saying yes there are church functions that politicians will have to attend and do because the people they represent are there.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:42 pm
September 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pmThe president has no other way to travel on personal or official visit. He must use AF-1, Marine-1, or a combination of both. Butt Boy Jindal does not need a helicopter to shuttle him around the state. He can take a car, or pay for a flight out his pocket, just the like majority of governors do.
How much did we pay for that whole Lincoln bible thing? seperation of church and state and a bible is clearly as close as it gets.
Bull. You may be sworn in on any document that you find personally meaningful… the state has nothing to do with it and advocates no religion in the process, the state only requires you to swear to uphold the Constitution…
September 1st, 2009 at 12:45 pmThe president has no other way to travel on personal or official visit. He must use AF-1, Marine-1, or a combination of both. Butt Boy Jindal does not need a helicopter to shuttle him around the state. He can take a car, or pay for a flight out his pocket, just the like majority of governors do.
Exactly.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pmJesus walked.
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
September 1st, 2009 at 12:47 pmthe state has nothing to do with it and advocates no religion in the process,
There was no cost to the taxpayer for getting Former President Lincoln’s BIBLE, transported, secured, protected, delivered there, cleaned up and returned?
If as Tommy (Not you) is stating there is no reason for the taxpayer to pay for ANY politician EVER to do anything with a church or other religion, then we shouldn’t have paid for that either. Specifically because he choose a bible. Now if he choose a copy of a Dilbert comic, then it would have been OK. Otherwise the taxpayer paying for presidential security when he goes to a church or meets with a reverend or attends a town hall in a church is wrong too. It’s not and can;t be. you can;t just exclude a part of the population because they gather together based on religion.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pmHey Tundra…
Is this thread about Obama?
Why are you obsessing this way?
Why the big ship on your shoulder for anything and everything the President has done since he got elected?
Is it really THAT different from what other Presidents have done?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pmAnd since when is there a relevant comparison to be made between what a Governor does and what the President does?
When did that start? Why? Is it even kind of realistic?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:56 pmIs this thread about Obama?
Nope, It’s about a politician going to churches and religious functions on the tax payer dime. I have no problem with them meeting people wherever they gather. SOME people on this site have a hard time when it’s a Republican but it’s ok when it’s a Democrat.
Why are you obsessing this way?
It’s my nature
Why the big ship on your shoulder for anything and everything the President has done since he got elected?
I have no problem with most of what the president has done. There are a few things I don;t like but I by no means don’t have a chip about him.
Is it really THAT different from what other Presidents have done?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:57 pmNope, same old same old as the rest of the politicians.
There was no cost to the taxpayer for getting Former President Lincoln’s BIBLE, transported, secured, protected, delivered there, cleaned up and returned?
Of course there was, but as it toured as part of a Lincoln exhibit for the next few months, I think we got the good out of that investment…
you can;t just exclude a part of the population because they gather together based on religion.
I agree… again, the issue is with Jindal’s (and other Republican’s) hypocrisy.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:58 pmAnd since when is there a relevant comparison to be made between what a Governor does and what the President does?
When did that start? Why? Is it even kind of realistic?
Because the person I was talking to (which wasn’t you). Was quoting the seperation of church and state for the reason. He wasn;t using a more cost effective method argument, he was saying that the constitution forbid it. Since HE (again not you) decided to use that argument I followed it and brought up federal issues as well. You (this time not him) decided to jump into it and complain about him (him not me) bringing it to a federal level. So there is your answer…Ask RantingTommy why it’s a federal issue.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pmBobby is dangerous…Just wait til the 2012 elections. He will be the choice of the Rethuglicans.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:02 pmBela,
I agree… again, the issue is with Jindal’s (and other Republican’s) hypocrisy
September 1st, 2009 at 1:14 pmFor spending alot of money visiting groups when there are more cost effective methods to the taxpayer? If that is the case, then I agree. Many governors/senators spend way to much on travel to hit special interest groups of all types.
For spending alot of money visiting groups when there are more cost effective methods to the taxpayer? If that is the case, then I agree. Many governors/senators spend way to much on travel to hit special interest groups of all types.
Not just this but also for criticizing others for being ‘profligate’ (like Jindal has criticized Obama) when often they are either doing exactly same thing or (like Jindal) WORSE than those they are criticizing.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:17 pmTundra follows the common rule: IOKIYAR
Religion has no place in government.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:23 pmBobby Jindal: point man for fiscal conservatism
September 1st, 2009 at 1:34 pmTundra makes the commone slight of hand…
“you can;t just exclude a part of the population because they gather together based on religion.”
Ahhh, if the people HAVD GATHERED for the explicit purpose of PERFOMING RELGIOUS ACTIVIES then YES we can exclude those meetings.
You have deftly renamed these sunday Religious services as “church gatherings”, which sounds like it is on a Thursday night with no relgious services being offered, sort of a town hall in the church, AND IT IS NOT.
You are wrong, wrong, wrong. Of course this is the EXACT nature of the need to seperate CHURCH AND STATE. Obama goging out onf the SECULAR TOWN is no way comparable.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:41 pmSo don’t go there it is a specious arguement.
Lefty,
Jindal is no more dangerous than Palin. Great ticket. Palin/Jindal
Go for it “oh great patriots GOP.”
Jindal better have a birth certificate and it better be the original. And Palin better have one too, we can’t be too secure with these here whackjob seccessionists.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:44 pmLooking at the map of where the churches are, is there a significance to their location ? That is, they seem to be in 2 geographic clumps.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:51 pm$1,200 an hour to operate?
Does Bobby have any idea how many people could have been fed with that money?
The man needs to not be afraid to take a car across his state.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:51 pmha ha
All Jindal needs now is an Argentine mistress…and we’ll Sanford his ass all the way out of the governor’s mansion.
Oh, wait…Sanford and Jindal are much more helpful to the progressive cause RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE, out in the open, in plain sight, as the idiot examples of Republican hypocrisy they are.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:56 pmThose of us from Illinois recognize this kind of behavior – it’s Blago-worthy! Spend as much of the state’s money on perqs for yourself and to hell with anyone else.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:00 pmIt must be tough being Louisiana’s governor and also its Exorcist General.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:34 pmDanCaveman says:
The sad thing is that this particular abuse of power and public goods will probably increase his popularity with his supporters. I mean, it IS church.
It’s also their tax money.
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Tundra says:
I’m saying yes there are church functions that politicians will have to attend and do because the people they represent are there.
That doesn’t mean they get to fly all over the state throughout their term visiting every church at the other end of the map in a helicopter on the taxpayer’s dime.
People being there isn’t sufficient reason to have the government pay to send the politician. There are already regulations about what kind of “visiting people” a politician gets to do in their official capacity and what they can’t. For instance, “visiting people” doesn’t count as state business when it’s campaigning. It’s very likely that many of these trips are simply illegal according to Louisana state law.
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Tundra says:
There was no cost to the taxpayer for getting Former President Lincoln’s BIBLE, transported, secured, protected, delivered there, cleaned up and returned?
Not so much, at least none that was outside of their budget anyways. Using an item from the National Archives for a Presidential Inauguration is perfectly within their chartered purpose. That’s the sort of thing they’re there for.
When Louisiana bought the helicopter, did they do it so that the Governor could try to visit every church in the state? How would that have played out if it were up for a vote beforehand?
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I can’t believe you’re equating these two things.
As with most things in American politics, the only real sin here is hypocrisy. Jindal’s been the point man for the GOP to complain about excessive government spending for the past year. The fact that he’s been personally wasting huge amounts of state tax money for non-state business pretty much proves he’s never believed a word he’s said.
If I were a conservative I’d be particularly mad at him about this. I certainly wouldn’t try to defend it.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:34 pmAnd old Charlie Rangel avoids taxes. So there you go.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:55 pmAt least Charlie Rangel can say he never paid for Jindal’s trips. Of course, Rangel voids paying taxes.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/sam-dealey/2008/09/15/sorry-charlie–rangel-makes-more-excuses-for-his-failure-to-pay-taxes.html
September 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pmkwsventures says:
I’m against tax cheats in general, kws… and if Rangel is found guilty of anything then I’m with you, he should resign.
Do you defend Jindal’s helicopter hopping?
September 1st, 2009 at 3:23 pmOOOooooOOOO, not paying taxes!!
That’s the worst possible sin anyone could commit!!
Hmmm. Perhaps We The People ought to take a little stroll through Dick Cheney’s and Gee Dubya’s finances, eh?
Off-shore tax havens, anyone…?
September 1st, 2009 at 3:56 pmThe more I read this the more I wonder if Bobby flys out of fear of his own people.
September 1st, 2009 at 4:10 pm90. Letfside Annie,
Sorry, we can’t follow Cheney’s finances. As an ex-Haliburton exec, a significant part of his finances are undoubtedly tied up with Haliburton.
And Haliburton took all their no-bid contracts and moved out of the USA.
September 1st, 2009 at 4:25 pmis the taxpayer,
also getting the bill
$$
to maintain his helicopter?
I read someplace for every hour a chopper is in the air,
it takes 2 hours of maintanance..
hope it wasnt also
sent out to
china to
maintain his copter?
was it in the U.S.
or did they send it to china for
cheap maintanance?
catch the bus..
September 1st, 2009 at 5:15 pmkws – just jealous someone might be paying less than you?
do all your waking thoughts revolve around taxes?
September 1st, 2009 at 5:16 pmThe other side of the isle does things like this too. One example: Nancy Pelosi (D), Speaker of the House of Representatives, flies many weekends from DC to California on a taxpayer funded private 737. Cost per hour is $5,700. Let’s say its a 4.5 hour flight, that’s $51,300 per round trip flight. And that is on a plane that wouldn’t be needed otherwise. The State Police helicopter would still be in the fleet. So you don’t have the additional capital investment ($70 Million for the jet, roughly)
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:13 amkwsventures says:
Doesnt it embarass you to be such an ignorant punkass troll? You are just a disgusting piece of garbage without a single functioning braincell you were slapped down the last time you tried that stupid argument but you dont care. You just tried it again. You are stupid. You are a piece of filth. You dont care what is true or real. You are a liar, a fool and a stupid punkass troll
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:11 amdanjb2003 says:
Nancy Pelosi has said she would be perfectly willing to fly commercial but the Security concerns after 9/11 mandated that the Speaker of the House fly in more secure planes JUST LIKE DENNIS HASTERT DID and no Democrat EVER complained about.
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 amOh I forgot
http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/jet.asp
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:51 amAthena says:
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belaccifer lacca says:
Athena says:
belaccifer lacca says:
Is this how Conservatives think, Athena?
Time for something new to spring from Zeus’s forehead, I think.
You are defending the statements coming from tokin librul?
Nope. Just asking if you were perhaps over-generalizing… I think you knew you were.
Do you approve of Jindal’s helicopter?
If this expense is part of his budget as governor then I have no problem with it.
Did you have an issue with President taking his wife on a date in New York at the taxpayers expense?
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Did you have a problem with Bush’s over 900 vacation days at the taxpayers’ expense during his 8 years in office? I never heard that he walked from DC to Crawford or to Camp David.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pmvery thanks for article!
September 4th, 2009 at 10:32 am